1. The demographic condition and Dumai Geografics that was located in the east coast the Sumatran island that came directly face to face with the trade route international that was busy that is the Malacca strait made Dumai the area of the port and passengers of thing transit that were counted on in Indonesia. Apart from Dumai could be covered through the sea route also the Dumai land route to central for several neighbouring provinces like Jambi, West Sumatra, Bengkulu, even North Sumatra for the distribution of the thing and passengers to the outside Sumatran islands in fact arrived at Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. With this strategic location of Dumai had the potential to become the trade centre, industry and the service on next time Indonesia the west region.
2. Had three regions industry that the wide In accordance with the Dumai development today then Dumai had three regions industry that was wide where two regions industry that was wide that was located on the Dumai coastal lip that had the capacity to support this big tanker because that the depth 16 m. made the port become the port standard international, two regions industry that was located on the coastal lip namely the region industry Pelintung and the region industry the deepest part of reverberations. The other region was located 15 km from the coastal lip that really was suitable for the warehousing region and the temporary appointment of the product before exported was the region industry the lime hill.
3. The ease of permit The three regions industry this was offered to the special Committee People's Representative Council RI to be made the special economic region that it was estimated in September 2009 officially became the special economic region therefore the government of the Dumai city dismissed the policy to the investors who were interested investing his capital in Dumai by giving the incentive take the form of easest the tax and the other ease.
4. Had nine quality port units international Dumai had nine quality port units international, five units were carried out by PT. Pelabuhan Indonesia I (PT Pelindo I) that was well-off landed by two measuring ships of the tanker kind 150 meter until 180 meter. Four other port units were carried out by the company of the petroleum exploration namely PT.Chevron Pacific Indonesia that was well-off landed three ships of the tanker kind at the same time. The Dumai port had several facilities in large scale like ponds and port waters, the guide, the postponement, the thing service, the exploitation, and rental of equipment,and others. Moreover the Dumai port had the navigation channel along 55 mile (88 kilometer) consist of 22 mile (35,2 kilometer) went through the strait Bengkalis and 33 mile (55.8 kilometer went through the Rupat strait. It was wide that his maximum reached 255 meter and the maximum 1,7 kilometer with the depth in general 16 meter. The natural condition very ideal to be visited oleha the inter-island ocean ship with the measurement of the maximum 255 meter. The Dumai port that the width 785.161 square meter made the Dumai port has facilities that were adequate like the quay, the office complex, the warehouse, the field of the dump, the passenger terminal. Whereas for the commodity that was dominant passed the Dumai port was CPO and his descendants then the commodity dry gell that is the palm kernel expeller (PKE) and the palm kernel shell (PKS) fertilizer and oil.
5. Supported industry oil and gas and CPO From seven refinery the unit of PT Pertamina (the Share) in Indonesia one of them was met in Dumai, this made Dumai more was known to be good local and manca the Country. Pertamina Refinery Unit II Dumai played a big role for the provisions of domestic FUEL OIL especially the neighbouring province. Apart from Dumai had the processing refinery of petroleum also was gotten by the foreign company the petroleum exploration that is PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia that carried out the activity loading petroleum to the tanker went through the port of Dumai PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia also as the provider of raw petroleum to the Pertamina refinery refinery the unit of Ii Dumai so as Dumai developed fast with the existence of two oil and gas companies of international class this important big in supporting the economy of the inhabitants. Moreover also was gotten by the CPO company that was quality international namely Wilmar Group in the CPO processing and his descendants that were worth the export.
